• Our new ticketing site is now live! Using either this or the original site (both powered by TrainSplit) helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchase! Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread!

List of rolling stock refurbishments

Status
Not open for further replies.

OB502

New Member
Joined
26 Mar 2018
Messages
1
Hi, I'm doing some research into rolling stock refurbishments / age of rolling stock and wonder if anyone could point me in the right direction... is there anywhere I can gather information on repair schedules; how many, for whom and who is undertaking the refurb?

There seems to be lots of information on new rolling stock number but it's hard to get a real picture of refurbishment.

Thanks
 
Sponsor Post - registered members do not see these adverts; click here to register, or click here to log in
R

RailUK Forums

59CosG95

Established Member
Joined
18 Aug 2013
Messages
6,865
Location
Beeston (Notts)
All of GWR's Class 150/2s are being refurbished at Wolverton (Porterbrook units) or Wabtec Doncaster (Angel Trains units).
GWR's 158s are being refurbished at Bristol Barton Hill.
GWR's Class 165s and 166s are being repainted at Wolverton, with additional mods for air conditioning being undertaken at Long Marston.
GWR's mini-HSTs are being modified & overhauled at Wabtec Doncaster, with Night Riviera Sleeper coaches being modded/overhauled at Wolverton.

SWR's refurbished Class 442s are being refurbished at Eastleigh, while their Desiro fleet is having their refurbishment at Northam (their main depot).
SWR's 158/159 fleet are being overhauled at Brush (Loughboro'); more recent examples have returned in the new SWR livery. No interior changes yet.

ScotRail's HSTs (former GWR examples) are split between L'boro' & Doncaster; powercars at Brush, coaches at Donny.
Their 158s are being done at Springburn, and their 156s at Kilmarnock (I may be wrong on that one).

Northern's fleet is quite dispersed; their 319s are being overhauled/repainted into the new franchise colours at Wolverton, but the 769 project is taking place at Lougborough.
Their 150s & 155s are being refurbished at Wabtec Kilmarnock (along with their 3-car 158s); their 2-car 158s and their newly acquired 170s are being overhauled at Crewe LNWR.

Greater Anglia's 170 fleet is being overhauled at Crewe LNWR.
Their 321 "Renatus" programme is taking place at Wabtec Doncaster.

Southeastern's Class 375 fleet is nearing the end of the refurbishment programme at Derby Litchurch Lane; no word yet on whether the 376s will follow suit.
Their 465 fleet is currently having PRM-compatible toilets installed at Doncaster.

I think TPE's Class 185 refurb programme may be done in-house at Ardwick (though I could be wrong).

Virgin's Pendolino fleet is currently being refurbished at Alstom's new Widnes facility.

And finally, West Midlands Trains:
Their Class 350 fleet (in the London Northwestern pool) is due to be refurbished at Bletchley at some point next year. No word on their other fleets though.
 

swt_passenger

Veteran Member
Joined
7 Apr 2010
Messages
34,307
SWR's refurbished Class 442s are being refurbished at Eastleigh, while their Desiro fleet is having their refurbishment at Northam (their main depot).

SWR Desiros were announced as being done at Eastleigh Works, (details below), AIUI Northam has no space to deal with anything more than normal maintenance. It's why the Desiro fleet's last running gear overhaul was done at Eastleigh over the last couple of years:

http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/...ards-pound50m-emu-refurbishment-contract.html
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Top